Lake Oroville Baitfish types???
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:13 am
What are the types of baitfish in Lake Oroville? Of those what are the bass mostly feeding on in the winter? Thanks for the info.
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Re: Lake Oroville Baitfish types???
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:49 pm
When I get baitfish spit up by bass it is almost always smelt. Small whitish looking bait.
Re: Lake Oroville Baitfish types???
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:57 pm
Thanks yeah found this out by digging around online. not much info out there about this though.
Re: Lake Oroville Baitfish types???
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:59 pm
More specifically, the smelt are wakasagi
Re: Lake Oroville Baitfish types???
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:28 am
Smelt is the bait fish that is ABUNDANT in Orroville - which is why that float and fly is so damn popular out there. Choice of Bait in the Winter - I would focus on the jig for the crawdad bite 
Brown black jig with Green pumpkin trailer does pretty well.
Brown black jig with Green pumpkin trailer does pretty well.Re: Lake Oroville Baitfish types???
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:13 pm
Thanks everyone. I got tackle warehouse to pick up some All Pro float n fly rods so I'll definitely be getting on that this winter. They should be in in a week or so.